Quote by Edith Wharton
There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a sepa

There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one’s self, the very meaning of one’s soul. – Edith Wharton

Other quotes by Edith Wharton

There is too much sour grapes for my taste in the present American attitude. The time to denounce the bankers was when we were all feeding off their gold plate; not now! At present they have not only my sympathy but my preference. They are the last representatives of our native industries. – Edith Wharton

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Banks / Banking
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There are moments when a mans imagination, so easily subdued to what it lives in, suddenly rises above its daily level and surveys the long windings of destiny. – Edith Wharton

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Imagination
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Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. – Edith Wharton

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The friendship we share grows amidst the craggy rock pond reeds of water spray fireflies scented with bonfires. – Bradley Chicho

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Fan the sinking flame of hilarity with the wing of friendship and pass the rosy wine. – Charles Dickens

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There are big ships and small ships. But the best ship of all is friendship. – Author Unknown

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Friendship

I came to Venice for the first time in 1968 and was lucky enough to make the acquaintanceship, and then the friendship, of two Venetians, Roberta and Franco, who remain my best friends here after almost 50 years. – Donna Leon

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I dont like to talk about things where youre going to gt one side or the other unhappy. My music has no politics. – Loretta Lynn

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We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do. – Ethel Barrett

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